Discussion Paper

Perspectives on the Recent Weakness in Investment


Abstract: After having been a relatively bright spot early in the recovery, nonresidential private fixed investment, which in this note we refer to as business fixed investment (BFI), increased at an average annual rate of only about 4 percent in 2012 and 2013, an unusually slow pace during an expansion.

https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0018

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Provider: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Part of Series: FEDS Notes

Publication Date: 2014-05-21

Number: 2014-05-21